Parenting - January 2007

I was watching a show where a woman spent money all the time. The reason for that was given by the expert was that while growing up she was always told there isn't money for that so now she is making up for going without at a child.
Lately I have been telling my children that, "We have better uses for our money." whenever they want some little trinket at the store. So what is the answer for keeping our kids from going spend crazy when they get older?

2007-01-03 03:23:08 · 13 answers · asked by parkdad73 1

I want to know how to become a more laid back mom and not so stressed out . I love my kids I am a stay at home mother of two boys one 7and the other 1.There is always fighting going on with them two. My 7 year old is starting to talk back and not listen to me.I show them both love and play with them and so does my boyfriend.He is the father of my one year old and has been a role model and a step dad to my 7 year old for 3 years now.Every day I find myself yelling and I am tired of it my one year old just does not stop hiting.I believe in timeouts instead of hitting.what can I do to relax myself.

2007-01-03 02:48:25 · 12 answers · asked by shorty 1

These are for both new and old pajamas from a variety of brands.

2007-01-03 02:00:10 · 15 answers · asked by DAVID C R 1

Our son will be one is 2 weeks and my husband does not know how to get close with him. He always says that our son does not like him. He said when he was growing up his father didn't show him much affection and now he don't know how to be affectionate to our son. Is there any tips how I can make them to become closer? I want my son to feel affection from his father.

2007-01-03 01:56:26 · 5 answers · asked by lilma85 1

I am a plumber and have to deal with the mess outside of the bowl, on the floor, the seat, the walls. Also it is extreme bad taste to hear the waterfall in the bathroom when in someone's home, don't you?

2007-01-03 01:55:33 · 11 answers · asked by zeepogee 3

2007-01-03 01:26:37 · 2 answers · asked by yennyfer 2

im just wondering i just want ur opinions.

2007-01-03 01:24:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

after 4 weeks of life my baby is having a major crisis of "suckiling last night i couldn't sleep because i had to get up every minuter to put the pacifier in his mounth, i gave him a pacifier last night because i was absolutely desperate, i think that if he got this far without it why give it to him now, but this past days he wouldn not stop crying until i gave it to him, anyadvice please mother help me tell me what i can do to try to make him fall asleep with out the pacifier, or if this may be a transitional crave for suckling thank you !!!

2007-01-03 01:06:40 · 18 answers · asked by yennyfer 2

I had a baby in 2000 and the father and I lived together. When she was 10 months old, he took off and moved states away. The birth father moved on to be with another girl and talked to our daughter sometimes. We have not hindered them from a relationship, but the father signed over parental rights to my husband in 2005.
He doesnt pay childsupport and for now is just a weekly phone call. The calls are always initiated on our side. 2 months ago he stopped answering his calls and I just found out that his gf is 10 weeks pregnant.

He couldn't be bothered to take care of his own child and now his gf is trying to get my daughter all excited about being a "Big Sister" I don't want to impede on my daughter's relationship with her birth father but this makes me feel wierd. My husband has been a father to my daugher in every sense of the word.
Do you think I should keep my daughter away from them or should I just keep quiet and let her find the truth out when she is older? Any advice

2007-01-03 01:01:33 · 13 answers · asked by TrixyLoo 5

I never show any differance between them, but I know in my mind that I am partiaol to my son. This is really bothering me. I can not have anymore children, and my hubby says that I feel this way b/c our son is younger. I do tend to "baby talk" with him. I just can not seem to let him grow up. Please help me understand how this has happened.

2007-01-03 00:52:55 · 12 answers · asked by kerbear7703 3

Do you think we have evolved any in the past 5000 years (evolved)
has the basic model of social structure changed any in 5000 years.

2007-01-03 00:11:20 · 2 answers · asked by *Cutie* 4

she still loves to breastfeed every now &then mostly at night.and when she wants to sleep.how do i potty train her too.

2007-01-03 00:04:12 · 6 answers · asked by gbemi o. 1

2007-01-03 00:02:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok, so when i was 14 i went to a little party n i got to 2nd base w/ a grl i met that day then i got to 3rd. when my dad picked me up i told him everything that happened and he was like allllriiiight!!! that's my boy!!!!! and he said that my hecky was too big but whatever it felt good when i was receiving it.

when i was 11 i liked this girl and she liked me. we just went out with friends, held hands and thats all. but when she called the house and waited for me at my steps when i would hang out with the guys my mom would flip out.

if i would have told her the things that i have done with and to a girl my age she would probably be sicken and disapointted.
but dad isin't makin a fuss about it. as long as someone doesn't get stds or pregnant then he's cool about it.

2007-01-02 23:02:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sister has always been unhappy that she had a daughter. She wanted a little boy so bad but was blessed with a beautiful little girl. Every since she was born she has dressed her in boy clothes and has kept her with boy hair cuts. Now today I found out that my sister has saved up enough money to have her 12 year old daughter have a sex change to turn her into a little boy. I am very upset about this. What shall I do? How can I stop my sister from turning her little girl into a boy? Advice please.

2007-01-02 22:50:29 · 18 answers · asked by mamabag06 2

I salute all stay-at-home mothers for having the courage to raise their children and sacrificing their jobs hoping for nothing from their children in return. I have been helping my neurotic mother and abusive father take care of my nephew who is 2, and it is the hardest most annoying, unbearable thing I've faced apart from dealing with horrible family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues. How do you do it? I honestly want to know how you manage to keep your emotions in check and where do you get that unfound patience from whenever the baby cries for hours on end? Being a stay-at-home mom is indeed the most difficult job in the world.

2007-01-02 22:00:13 · 6 answers · asked by xander 5

i have a 1yr old and ive been trying to get her to stand and move her feet.. she stands in the walker and bounces but she does not want to stand or try and move her feet with out it.i dont know what to do.

2007-01-02 21:17:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-02 20:57:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Things that would really make life easier. You know how sometimes you think to yourself- If I only had something to help with this task. What would it be?

2007-01-02 19:10:29 · 11 answers · asked by white_wine_with_arsenic 2

Who should never have a baby...cannot be someone who has already had a child.

2007-01-02 19:03:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-02 18:42:20 · 25 answers · asked by RACHEL FEV 2

2007-01-02 18:27:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter decided at age 12 she wants to be a vegitarian. I have allowed it for a year, but she will not eat proper foods she needs. Shes pickey about some veggies, will not eat fish for protien, and only some fruits and nuts. She wants to live on soups and pastas.Plus she has azthma and takes alot of meds. I am worried about it. Do I allow her to make those decisions? Or do I force her to eat the meat when it grosses her out? I KNOW I AM THE PARENT....BUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? MOMS AND DADS PLEASE HELP.

2007-01-02 17:25:58 · 25 answers · asked by bacfo69 2

so attractive kids? By treated better I mean the parents are more willing to shell out money for nicer clothes, cooler toys and give them more attention? Do you think this is true?

2007-01-02 17:20:42 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm 13 male ausrlaia

2007-01-02 17:01:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here's the situation... My brother and sister in law have one daughter.. she is 5.. ever since she was a baby and they were living at my parents' they have always left my mom to care for my niece... If they went out they never took her, they would leave for days and not take her.. they moved out and didn't take my niece with them... they would only take her when my mom would tell them to and even then sometimes they would make excuses as to why they couldn't... recently in 2006 there was an argument between my mother, my sister in law, and myself about my sister in law not caring for her daughter (not necessarily argument but more like confrontation)... well she decided she was taking her daughter home to "get back" at my mom (my mom cares very dearly for her grandchildren, she has two).. well this did not last for long, my niece was only with her parents for 2/3 months and has returned to my parents house. They even went as far as to remove her from the school she was at to one

2007-01-02 16:54:14 · 19 answers · asked by hwlatmon 2

2007-01-02 16:50:04 · 12 answers · asked by comfymrschafer 3

I feel guilty not reporting.. but I don't want them to cause problems for me.. and besides.. the kids might go to foster care.. and that is terrible...

They scream every single day at their kids, sometimes for hours, and sometimes all day! They stomp around chasing their kids and yelling and sometimes swearing at them (even to the 4 year old). I know one time the mother was yelling at the boy and he was quiet and suddenly he started screaming in pain! I was like WTF? They have a teenage girl and a 4 year old boy. They slam doors and yell everyday. They rarely laugh together, but when they do, they end up fighting. They fight for hours everyday with their kids. But I don't think there is sexual abuse and i have never seen bruisess. I don't want to be that person that reports them.. and what if they do something terrbile in revenge to me (they will know it's me because I am trying to get them evicted). They live right over top of me...

2007-01-02 16:42:15 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-02 16:33:45 · 6 answers · asked by Foxtrot 2

2007-01-02 16:25:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous